Herakles Gone Mad: Rethinking Heroism in an Age of Endless WarRobert Meagher presents a new translation of 'Herakles', Euripides' powerful drama about the trauma of war. A decorated veteran, Herakles must face a final enemy, but in his battle rage he murders his own family, unable to tell them apart. This ancient text retains a direct relevance in the modern world. Author: Robert Emmet Meagher Binding: Paperback

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with a special focus on how modern scholars

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as well as regional native traditions

This includes a theoretical discussion of cultural patterning in the Islamic world and the Occident

Hodgson traces and interprets the historical development of Islamic civilization from before the birth of Muhammad to the middle of the twentieth century

the last of the line of prophets

With a potent combination of lyrical compassion and resonant rage

and knowledge of their languages

contemporary) interest of medieval Muslim thinking on this subject

the second edition of The Beginnings of Western Science captures the current state of our understanding of more than two millennia of science and promises to continue to inspire both students and general readers

Contributors include Leon Hugo